GRC Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC)
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring GRC skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 34 31
Rank change year-on-year -2 -3 -
Contract jobs citing GRC 13 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire 4.21% 1.54% 1.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 15.66% 15.38% 18.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 0
10th Percentile - £377 -
25th Percentile £350 £380 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £387 -
Median % change year-on-year +3.43% - -
75th Percentile £425 £394 -
90th Percentile - £397 -
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northamptonshire

GRC falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Northamptonshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 83 26 16
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 26.86% 10.00% 7.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 23 10
10th Percentile £350 £272 £162
25th Percentile £358 £340 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £382 £300
Median % change year-on-year +4.71% +27.33% -29.41%
75th Percentile £439 £538 £473
90th Percentile £476 £598 £585
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £459
% change year-on-year -1.18% -7.36% +12.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £31.76
East Midlands median hourly rate £20.83 £41.50 £20.51
% change year-on-year -49.81% +102.34% +4.30%

GRC
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing GRC relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire.

GRC job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

GRC
Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing GRC.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing GRC

GRC
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GRC within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 20 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Northampton -5 13 £400 +3.43% 1
GRC
East Midlands

GRC
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
1 2 (15.38%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (15.38%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 7 (53.85%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Analyst
2 12 (92.31%) Security Analyst
3 10 (76.92%) Information Analyst
3 10 (76.92%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (46.15%) Governance Analyst
5 4 (30.77%) Compliance Analyst
5 4 (30.77%) Risk Analyst
6 3 (23.08%) Information Governance Analyst
6 3 (23.08%) Information Risk Analyst
6 3 (23.08%) Security Compliance Analyst
6 3 (23.08%) Security Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Information Security
2 12 (92.31%) Cybersecurity
3 11 (84.62%) ITSM
3 11 (84.62%) Penetration Testing
4 8 (61.54%) Business Continuity
4 8 (61.54%) Data Protection
5 7 (53.85%) Ticket Management
6 3 (23.08%) Risk Management
7 2 (15.38%) Regulatory Compliance
7 2 (15.38%) Remediation Plan
7 2 (15.38%) Security Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) Service Management
8 1 (7.69%) Campaign Management
8 1 (7.69%) Data Privacy
8 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
8 1 (7.69%) Tech Ops
8 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) CISM
1 2 (15.38%) CISSP
1 2 (15.38%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (53.85%) GDPR
2 2 (15.38%) HIPAA
3 1 (7.69%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) ServiceNow